As parents sending our students off to college we’ve been told to expect that our student will be homesick. (We’ve written a post saying essentially the same thing — and it has some good advice). We’ve been told it’s inevitable. That it might happen right away or that it might take a while, but it … Read more
If you are about to send your child off to college, you wonder a lot about how your student will succeed, and you may also wonder what the college will do to help your student succeed. There are a lot of individual offices, departments, programs and personnel who will intersect with and support your student. … Read more
In December 2014 Achieve, Inc. released the report Rising to the Challenge: Are High School Graduates Prepared for College and Work? We think the information in this report is important not just for schools, but for parents as well. In our last post we shared some of the results of this survey. In this post, … Read more
In December 2014 Achieve, Inc. released the report Rising to the Challenge: Are High School Graduates Prepared for College and Work? We think the information in this report is important not just for schools, but for parents as well. In this post we share some of the results of this survey. In our next post, … Read more
The end of the semester is almost here and your college student may be feeling stressed. You wish you could help. Or perhaps it’s nearing the end of the semester and your college student is just a bit too relaxed about the urgency of the work that still needs to be done. You wish you … Read more
Is your student college ready? The answer may not be what you think. If your student has done reasonably well in high school and has high school diploma in hand, you may assume that your student is now ready for college. Unfortunately, in most cases this may not be true. According to a recent study … Read more
Success in college means many things to many people. For some, it means a 4.0 GPA, for others it means landing the perfect job at graduation or being accepted to graduate school, for still others it may mean opportunities such as studying abroad and completing internships, and for still others, success may mean having a … Read more
A new year. A new semester. For some transfer students or spring starts students, a new college. January marks a season of beginnings for many of us — and especially for college students. Some students are anxious for this new beginning because their previous semester did not go as well as they had hoped. Other … Read more
You’ve survived the college admissions process, orientation, move-in day and now your college freshman is securely settling in at college. As a college parent, you are relieved, excited, perhaps a bit sad, and apprehensive all at the same time. Your college student is about to begin what may be the most important six weeks of … Read more
Your student headed off to college with a bit of trepidation, but with high hopes. You were excited and had visions of Commencement down the road. Neither of you anticipated your student struggling and ultimately being dismissed. But it happens. It happens more often than most parents imagine. Our most popular post is our earlier … Read more
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